abominare wrote:Forestry continued to go strong even after Tekkit dropped it, which we would all be a little naive to deny that at that point tekkit was the major method for introducing people to mods. While I don't doubt that FC has every intention of continuing the mod for himself, I think on some level he'll even admit that hes given a good feeling when people compliment him and gets to see that people are downloading and enjoying his work, if it was at zero would he really being getting upset that hes he'll need to update stuff on his christmas break thanks to 1.4.6?
Meh, I'm unconvinced. Mods were quite popular before tekkit, they'd be popular without it. It doesn't really introduce people to your mod, it introduces them to "tekkit", I would wager half the tekkit players don't even know what components are part of forestry and what's part of buildcraft. I do know MCF threads get flooded with support
demands from tekkit users who appear to be among the least competent minecraft players out there, as they seem to not be able to handle even simple instructions. Hardly much of a loss I'd say. If Sengir was saved it was because he provided an interesting mod that people wanted even if it wasn't pre-packaged.
People who support and spotlight actual mods and their features outside of tekkit (like Direwolf20) are wildly popular as well, which is obvious from the number of views they get. Forestry is very popular, while tekkit certainly contributed I doubt most modders would lose sleep if those tekkit players weren't playing their mods.
I'm sure FC is happy he gets substantial downloads, but as someone who has created products for people on the internet myself I know that over a certain number it stops being a service for appreciative friends, and starts being a job for demanding customers. I see FC making this forum as a way to feel as if it's the former, even though his users are far more numerous then that.